exodus 34:5 7 commentary

He is crucified with Christ and nevertheless he lives, yet not himself but Christ in him. That he is a just and holy God. (Exodus 21:1-36; Exodus 22:1-31; Exodus 23:1-33) These points do not call for particular remarks. out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that But if there be two separate objects in these types first, God displaying Himself to man; and, secondly, man in consequence drawing near to God the way of all is clear. It is certain therefore that all the common-places about the law as the rule of the Christian's life are practically a denial of what Christianity is. Certain things which happened to Israel may be types for the Christian, but nothing more. And perhaps Jeremiah alluded to this passage, where (382) he mitigates the severity of the vengeance of which he had been speaking by this same expression, for there it can only be translated, With cutting off I will not cut thee off. If this be preferred, it will be the assignment of the reason why God pardons sins, viz., because He is unwilling to cut off men, which would be the case if He insisted on the utmost rigor of the Law. As we enjoy the vanishing glory of the sun, so did Moses exult in the vision of the Divine glory. For they who despised Moses' law were put to death in the mouth of two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, he could be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and who hath counted the blood of His covenant, wherewith He was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the spirit of grace? concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His This, one may be permitted to question. What man or institution has these qualities? Observe thou that which I command thee this day ( Exodus 34:10-11 ): Now God is saying, "Observe it, not just see it". He is Jehovah, the Lord, who has his being of himself, and is the fountain of all being, Jehovah-El, the Lord, the strong God, a God of almighty power himself, and the original of all power. They, with Aaron to help them, aimed a blow at the throne of God by making a golden calf. There cannot be a more striking illustration of the truth that Christ is the continual object of the Holy Ghost than that, even in these temporary ordinances, God cannot refrain from looking onward to His Son. Then (Exodus 20:1-26) are uttered those wonderful ten commandments which are the great centre of divine communications through Moses the fundamental expression of God's law. We can see therefore the moral propriety and beauty of this distinction, which at once separates the shadows of the latter part of Exodus into two main sections. WebExodus 34:5-8. This is here called "sanctification of the Spirit." They would place these in the fire and heat them until they became- until the iron became red hot. This is all the more striking too, because even after the redemption of the people from Egypt there are grievous faults, unbelief, complaints, and murmurs; nevertheless, not a blow, not a single answer on God's part save in tender mercy towards a poor and failing people. Nevertheless, the opposite meaning would not be inappropriate here, With cutting off He will not cut off; for this is sometimes the sense of the verb , nakah; and it would thus be read conneetedly, that God pardons iniquities because He does not wish entirely to cut off the human race; for who shall escape if God should choose to call to judgment the sins even of believers? It is no less a misfortune for the Christian, because what those in Christ are called to is neither law, nor the mingled system of law interspersed with the gracious care of those under it (who must have been consumed had law reigned alone), but pure grace in Christ without the law. Scripture is positive that the veil is His flesh, but then it is as manifesting the Lord as man here below. It is in vain for any person to pretend that it was better to have the Urim and Thummim, for which one had to seek the priest from time to time when wanted, than to be indwelt always by One who knows all the truth. Was this nothing? This was delivered for the Jewish nation and the world. So he would veil his face when he would go out and talk with the children of Israel, because he would have this shining on his face. However, the Jews find in this same passage what they are pleased to call "The Thirteen Attributes of God. There is no other means of knowing the mind of God; the power for understanding is the Spirit of God; and the object in whose light alone it can be understood is Christ. He descended in the cloud Probably "But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." We know from our Lord Jesus its moral summary and essence the love of God, and the love of man. They take a mingled system; they mix up law and grace together. Even the goodness of God must be looked upon by us with a profound veneration and holy awe. And the Holy Ghost completes this wonderful circle of divine intimacy. Now we are here told. In his own heart, in his purposes and decrees, in his counsels and covenant, in his Son, with whom he keeps it for ever, and for all in him, ( Psalms 89:28 ) and they are Take a case in illustration. lest I consume thee in the way." Thus he is sanctified by the Spirit unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. me What a solemn but yet gracious manifestation is here made of God. The reason is manifest. In the candlestick another truth comes before us. Christianity teaches its value instead of neutralising it. Can't go more than nine days without water; we'll dehydrate and die. THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD. Poor people! God "hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.". As no sacrifice was absent here, so we enjoy all the value of Christ and His work. But is that the highest form of blessedness? And hence the Prophets seem to have quoted from this passage, (381) Clearing should ye be cleared? ( Jeremiah 25:29,) when they address the reprobate, to whom pardon is denied. Mercy entailed upon thousands of generations, even those upon whom the ends of the world have come; nay, the line of it is drawn parallel with that of eternity itself. Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. What follows, that God keeps mercy to a thousand generations, we have expounded in chapter 20; whilst, on the other hand, the punishments which He requires for mens sins are only extended to the third and fourth generation, because His clemency surpasses His judgment, as is said in Psalms 30:5, (379) There is only a moment in his anger, but life in his favor; and although this only relates properly to believers, yet it flows from a general principle. It is of great interest to observe that the silver paid in by the children of Israel, a bekah or half shekel each, was applied to the production of the silver sockets of the veil, and the hooks of the columns. Sinai. Ready to exchange Bitcoin for another asset? In him unveiled there we have our figure, not in Moses veiled, still less in Israel The Christian in his full place is nowhere set forth by the Jew. This does not take them out of their condition of flesh and blood and all that pertains to it. Now there are all kinds of molten images in the land of Canaan. That is clarified a little bit more in the commandments that God gave, for it there adds, "to those that continue in them. The new vision and commission. The attributes of God mentioned in this passage are usually cited as follows: (6) forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin (a summary of all wickedness). Mercy extended to thousands of persons. upon the children. This looks more at evil; "sanctified" to the good which attracted the heart now. Let a man once steal, and he is never trusted again, even though he has made reparation for it. But, secondly, the law is a test morally and individually. He descended in the cloud, probably that pillar of cloud which had hitherto gone before Israel, and had the day before met Moses at the door of the tabernacle. The O.T. were in the first tables, which you broke. His descending bespeaks his condescension; he humbles himself to take cognizance of those that humble themselves to walk with him. "In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before Jehovah." 8 Moses intreateth God to go with them. It is recounted daily in Jewish prayers and celebrated in festivals such as Passover. Many words are here heaped up, to acquaint us with, and convince us of, God's goodness, and to show how much his goodness is both his glory and his delight, yet without any tautology. 5 The Lorddescended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. (1-3) Moses asks Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go to the wilderness to worship. You can't go forty days and forty nights without food or water." The blood of the bullock for a sin-offering was put on the horns of the altar; the blood of one ram for a burnt-offering was sprinkled round about upon the altar; and the blood of the other ram for consecration was put on Aaron's right ear, and that of his sons, on their right thumb and right great toe. Finally, when the work was finished and all duly set up, a cloud covered the appointed tent, and the glory of Jehovah filled the dwelling. And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. But if I look at the passage where it is said, "He made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him," it is evident that we are brought into the very presence of God. Web34. The veil is rent; and we walk in the light as He is in the light. WebThat's the way Joel understood Exodus 34:57. With this goes also the action of the Spirit of God in dealing with us day by day according to such a beginning. (378) A.V. For it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God"( Hebrews 10:27-29 , Hebrews 10:31 ). Exodus 33:18. All the people then saw the thunderings and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, and stood afar off, asking that not God but Moses should speak with them. "Take this stiffnecked people for Your inheritance." 6 Then he passed in front of Moses, calling out, The Lord, the Lord, a compassionate and merciful God, patient, always faithful and ready to forgive. Moses wanted` nothing apart from the people; even if he went out of the camp, it was to gather so much more of blessing for the people that he had left behind. All these, I have no doubt, have their own proper significance, as manifesting the character of Christ here below. We know His tender mercy in the smallest matters; but in that which so nearly concerns His honour, it is indeed a truly merciful provision that the Great High Priest bears the iniquity of holy things, where other wise defilement would be fatal. The first and foundation of all the rest is this: God would disclose Himself in some of them to man, as far as this was possible then; secondly, founded on that and growing out of it, man would be taught to draw near to God. To the sinner. Of them He came, and He deigned to have the memorial of them on this table before God. But, argues Moses, for this very reason, we most of all want Jehovah's presence. His relationship was with them as they then were, redeemed from Egypt by His power and brought to Himself indeed, but only after an outward sort, neither born of God, nor justified. This vital separation to God, and not practical holiness, is what is here called sanctification of the Spirit the most fundamental meaning of it indeed anywhere. (1.) WebExodus 34:1 :: Darby Translation (DBY) Exodus 34:1 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were upon the first tables, which thou hast broken. Had there been any true understanding of their own state in the sight of God they had confessed that, however righteous the obligation to render obedience to the law, they being unrighteous could only be proved guilty under such a proof. (vs.1-28) (377) So the V. Stetit Moyses eum eo, invocans nomen Domini.. "If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature and the old things are passed away, and every thing becomes new"( 1 Corinthians 5:13 ). God may treat them as the people of Moses, and say, "They are the people you have brought up: they are your people." And I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. I can go into the classrooms here at Maranatha Academy and sit and observe in one day, and at the end of the day I can tell you each child that comes from a broken home, just by watching the characteristics within the child. He visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children. Here it seems to be not so much what we have by Christ, but that fragrance in Christ Himself of which God alone is the adequate judge, and which rises up before Him in all its perfection. Long-suffering; as also in Numbers 14:18, and Psalms 86:15. In the beginning ofExodus 21:1-36; Exodus 21:1-36 we find the type of the servant. He would now obey, because he has the new nature through receiving the name of the Lord Jesus, and would enter into the grace of God that sprinkles the guilty with the blood of Jesus. And Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. a. Now, let me ask, what mind of man could ever have thought of a decision so excellent, though surely far below the surface? Moses had not asked for a renewal of the tables. In addition to atonement, these are the two urgent wants of fallen humanity. But it is as far as possible from the truth that "the discipline of the law comes in to supply the deficiencies of the Spirit, and curb the still remaining tendencies to sin. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation." Although a revelation of the Divine Being was necessary, yet one so full and gracious was surely the result of the beneficent condescension of God. THE FULFILMENT BY GOD OF HIS PROMISE TO MOSES. (Exodus 24:1-18) "And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship ye afar off." He for giveth iniquity, transgression, and sin. People only read in it what they want to read, but in reality He is revealed in both Testaments as gracious, and loving and kind, and merciful, and forgiving and in both Testaments as a God of judgment and wrath, by no means clearing the guilty; that is, without there being repentance. His relationship is that of a son, not merely of one adopted into that place with no more reality than he obtains in human things. What for instance would be the meaning of our being practically sanctified to obedience as well as to have the blood of Jesus sprinkled upon us? For the Christian it is not so. The utmost alacrity in answer to the call for material, useful and ornamental, common or costly, is shown by all. Evidently the language of the Spirit of God is as unambiguous, and the construction as plain and simple as possible. He is merciful. Therefore, according to the usual phrase of Scripture, the sacred name of God is applied to the visible symbol; not that the empty cloud was a figure of the absent Deity, but because it testified His presence according to the comprehension of men. Jehovah however stands to His own ways, and says to Moses, "Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God ( Exodus 34:11-14 ): Now there are people who have difficulty with God demanding the extermination of the people within the land. Of these the highest is the ark. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. Then we have the veil and screen. But in this chapter, and indeed in the next still more, the people entreat that God's voice should not speak to them any more. This is a branch of God's goodness which the wickedness of sinners gives occasion for; that of Israel had done so: they had tried his patience, and experienced it. It has saving joy for countless yet. The Lord God is And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke. In the brazen altar it is the same side of truth, but there is this characteristic difference. 5.And the Lord descended in the cloud It is by no means to be doubted but that the cloud received Moses into it in the sight of the people, so that, after having been separated from the common life of men for forty days, he should again come forth like a new man. They were sanctified from the nations by this fleshly separation to obey the law under its solemn and extreme penalty. He keepeth mercy for thousands. Even then, being still unable, he declined the task, declaring that the more he thought of God, the less was he able to describe Him.(2.) "Thousands "; "Lovingkindness for thousands " Thousands of what? "Well, we'll see if we have enough left for ourselves, and if we have enough we'll give it to God." Some seem on the very verge of denying it altogether, in their one-sided zeal for the grace of God; others who stand stoutly and so far well for the responsibility of man misuse this truth so as apparently to swamp God's grace. If the Spirit of God has thus wrought in him, he is separated to God from what he was. The understanding of this comes in the antithesis in the word "generation" at the end of Exodus 34:7. Faith, hope, and charity abounded in the mediator; and if the people were to be blessed, from God he drew on every spring of the blessing for His own glory. It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth WebExodus 34:5 Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament When Moses had restored the covenant bond through his intercession ( Exodus 33:14 ), he was Now we do so know Him. THE COVENANT WORDS. This was the first full revelation, the last is like unto it. God is love, and they are enough for faith and hope and work Notice, 1. Afterwards He proclaims the greatness of His mercy and truth, and on these two supports the confidence of the pious is based, whilst they embrace the mercy offered to them, and securely repose on the faithfulness and certainty of the promises. [So that's sort of equivalent to our Thanksgiving in the fall time of the year.] The holiness of God is as a consuming fire to the guilty conscience; but within this light inaccessiblewithin this refulgent atmosphere of truth and sanctity, is a glory more intimate and essential still, the inmost perfection and divinest beauty of the Godhead. He sternly warned his people against copying, or even tolerating, heathen religious practices in their new land. Secondly, when the blood of the victims was shed, it was sprinkled on the book as well as on the people (verses 7, 8). The reason is that He would impress on His people that all His dealings, varied as they may be, are intended to keep before their minds that rest to which He was steadily working, and into which He means to bring His own in due time. WebWilliam Nicoll Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:1-35. He ordered that there should be the Urim and the Thummim connected with the high priest's breastplate; that is the means of divine guidance for the people. He will not be put off. WebExodus 34:7. They had been wholly insensible to His ways of grace in leading them out of Egypt to Sinai. He is the servant of His own choice for ever. These verses, as Stock says, show that the revelation of God was not merely to the outward sight, but chiefly to the heart and mind of Moses. Now there are people who try to say that there is a God of the Old Testament, and a God of the New Testament. "And the God of the Old Testament, is a God of wrath, and judgment, but I love the God of the New Testament who is forgiving, and gracious and kind." Who does not know that this was to secure the people always being acceptable before God! As people are arguing about God, God is faulted for the order of the extermination and not making covenants with these people. But then the fruits of the Spirit can never be attained by the law; nor are they even contemplated by a legal measure. This is true, no doubt; but unless it goes farther than this, it is a declarative sanction of God's punishing in case of failure to meet His demands. I would have problems with any god that couldn't work miracles. Was there not comfort for any heart which confides in God, that He should take such a seat as this, and give it such a name, in relationship with a guilty people on the earth? Now this is exactly what grace does in Christ. (Exodus 27:1-21) Not less than the ark, the golden throne of God in the most holy place, it shows us God's righteousness; but with this difference between them that gold is the righteousness of God for drawing near where God is; brass is the righteousness of God for dealing with man's evil where man is. As long as this was the case only, man could not come to God. Now that God is about to publish a second edition of the law he prefaces it with this proclamation; for it is God's grace or goodness that gives the law, especially the remedial law. The Lord accordingly hearkens in grace, and undertakes for Israel against the Canaanites, warning them against a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and insisting on His own sole worship, His feasts, His firstlings and firstfruits; on His sabbaths, on the absence of leaven and unseemly ways, the fruit of Satan's wiles among the heathen. What was the meaning of the blood? IN THE CLOUD; in the cloudy pillar, which ordinarily stood up in the proclaimed the name of Yah Exodus 34:5 , EXODUS 34:29 Grace covers through the expiation of Christ, as it flows in virtue of God's work and in maintaining God's order. Then trust that what He is now doing is for your good.iii. The former in its scriptural usage is not merely, I apprehend, that we are born of God, but goes beyond new birth. on high in the air over the mount, and on which the Lord now de And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and In Israel's case it was not so. At the opening of this book, wh Exodus 34:5 LORD H3068 descended H3381 (H8799) cloud H6051 stood H3320 One inscription was in the shoulder-pieces. (2.) WebOutline: I. Moses prepares two stone tablets to take up to Mt. For the first time the face of Moses shines after communications with God. All the previous dealings of God with Israel had been successive revelations of His attributes, embraced in the name JEHOVAH. That is very true; it is impossible if you're only dealing with natural things. And afterward all the children of Israel came near: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. As He will never cease to be God, He will never cease to be man. The first of the firstfruits of the land ( Exodus 34:24-26 ), Notice, "the first of the firstfruits" is what God demands from you, not the leftovers. Still Christ does bring us into His own relationship as far as it is possible for the creature to possess it. Whatever be the work of God, His rest remains for His people. "Now Moses is just saying that, "Lord, take these people, put the value on them as Your inheritance." regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them A few words on the law may be well here. God had said, in the close of the proclamation, that he would visit the iniquity upon the children; and Moses here deprecates that. He says that we are elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. He humbles himself to take cognizance of those that humble themselves to walk him. 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